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Ladataan... A Fairly Dangerous Thing (1972)Tekijä: Reginald Hill
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Fun in its way but terribly silly and very 70s in attitude. I'm not averse to Reggie Hill's forays into silliness per se, but this is dumb silly rather than his usual intelligent fare. I think it says something that I'm writing this review a little over a month after finishing the book and had no memory of it whatsoever until I prompted my brain with an internet search. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
An "unerring bawdy comedy" of criminally bad behavior by the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries (Sunday Telegraph). Best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves himself to be a "master of form and style . . . grace and wit" in his stand-alone novels as well--now available as ebooks (The New York Times). Joseph Askern, English teacher in a village day school has three preoccupations: his fantasies about women that are quite unbecoming for such a proper gentleman; a hopelessly delinquent student; and a near obsessive fascination with the history of the noble estate of Averingerett. Unluckily for Joseph, they are all about to collide. The filching father of the troubled pupil has engaged a call girl for her services in blackmail. The scheme: Joseph must aide in the master heist of the stately home (since he knows the place so well) or his immodest, career-ending indiscretion will go public--with pictures! Unable to wriggle free, Joseph agrees to navigate the caper. But getting into Averingerett isn't the problem. It's getting out that will be more dangerous, unexpected, and scandalous than Joseph imagined. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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What didn't I enjoy? Once, just once, I'd like to see someone who's being blackmailed say, "Damn the consequences, I'm turning these buzzards in!" I know. Then there wouldn't be much of a book. (It would, however, be quite refreshing.) I found Joe's dithering-- which only wrapped him tighter in the blackmailer's web-- tiresome, and even more wearying was his almost open drooling over women's breasts. Put a good-sized pair in front of certain men and you can do anything you want with them. But guess what? It's boring. Dolly Parton isn't the only woman who's happy that Dolly Parton jokes are a thing of the past.
So... a very good heist story involving an exasperating main character. Written by almost anyone else, I would not have finished it. Of course, your mileage may vary. ( )